Secondly, in terms of culture, parents' own educational attainment is regarded as the most important asset boosting offspring's educational opportunities (Erikson and Jonsson 1996; Shavit and Blossfeld 1993): more educated parents provide a more stimulating home environment to their children than less educated parents, for example by reading more to their children and using more complex language.
Educational attainment was regarded as primary education, secondary education, and high education.
"If the forces of urbanisation are not managed speedily and efficiently, slum growth can overwhelm city growth, exacerbate urban poverty, derail MDG achievements and reduce, if not eliminate, cities' comparative advantage regarding attainment of the MDGs," the report warned.
The researchers were interested in the interaction of efficacy beliefs regarding attainment in the course, and also in the ability to use strategies to study effectively.
As AZURE was not primarily a neoadjuvant study, data regarding attainment of pCR were not prospectively collected.
Follow-up data regarding attainment of remission, relapse, requirement for second-line and subsequent therapy, date of death and cause of death were obtained from treating physicians or case-note review.
The analysis will adjust for potential confounders for weight change, including age, gender, baseline BMI, marital status, education attainment, physician advice regarding weight loss and other nutritional advice exposure prior to and during the trial.
During the first few minutes of each telephone counseling call, the researcher asked a woman how many steps she had accumulated each day over the previous week, then provided her with supportive feedback regarding attainment of her physical activity.
Of note is that if the category "some post-secondary education" is combined with the category "post-secondary degree", the combined proportions from CCHS for both sexes are more comparable with Census Canada regarding attainment of some postsecondary education without the full degree.
Similar to the results of Hannan and colleagues regarding educational attainment and symptomatic knee OA, we found that, in both men and women, associations between limited educational attainment and symptomatic knee OA could not be fully explained by the factors we evaluated.
